| Candidates in Neurology/Child Neurology |
| Candidates are those in the field of Neurology/Child Neurology, who are seeking ABPN Board Certification. All candidates will need to complete and submit an application in order to qualify for an examination. Each application will be reviewed by the credentials department. Candidates become diplomates after passing their examination. Diplomates will then begin the process of maintenance of certification. Subspecialties in neurology/child neurology include; clinical neurophysiology, hospice and palliative medicine, neurodevelopmental disabilities, neuromuscular medicine, pain medicine, sleep medicine, and vascular neurology. Apply for an examination | ABPN Physician Folios site | Visit the Pearson VUE Website |
Changes in Neurology and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology Examinations
New credentialing process effective for residents who entered residency training in neurology (PGY-2) or child neurology (PGY-3) on or after July 1, 2005.
ABPN has made changes in the credentialing process effective for residents who entered residency training in neurology (PGY-2) or child neurology (PGY-3) on or after July 1, 2005. Some of the clinical skills evaluations (see below) that are currently conducted in the Part II examination will now take place within the residency program, and the residents will be required to submit documentation of satisfactory performance in the evaluation of clinical skills as part of the ABPN credentialing process. Assessment of other clinical skills will be integrated into a new computer-administered certification examination beginning in 2008. Candidates who successfully pass this computer-administered examination will be awarded a ten-year, time-limited certificate in their respective specialty.
| Pearson VUE testing in Neurology Screen shots (1 through 4) are available to view of the Pearson VUE portal for the new format neurology certification examination. [more] Video Vignette sample in Neurology A 45-year-old man, shown in the video, comes to the emergency department with acute onset of double vision. [more] |
Current credentialing process effective for residents who entered residency training in neurology (PGY-2) or child neurology (PGY-3) before July 1, 2005.
Residents who entered residency training in neurology (PGY-2) or child neurology (PGY-3) prior to July 1, 2005, must utilize the current certification process and will have up to February 1, 2013, to complete the certification process. Such residents will be required to apply and sit for the Part I examinations being administered in 2007, 2008, or 2009.* Any candidate that sits for and passes the Part I examination in 2010 or before will have three opportunities or until February 1, 2013, to pass the Part II examination, whichever comes first.
*The 2010 Part I examination will not be available for first-time takers. The current-format Part I examination will be eliminated after 2010.
Candidates who fail the initial Part I examination may, upon payment of the Part I reexamination fee, repeat the examination the following year. Reexaminees who do not sit for reexamination as scheduled also will be required to reapply for the Part I examination.
Candidates who do not pass the Part I examination in 2010 or before or who do not complete the certification process by the February 1, 2013, deadline will be required to submit documentation of satisfactory performance in the evaluation of clinical skills completed in an ACGME-accredited program as part of the ABPN credentialing process. To become Board certified in either neurology or neurology with special qualification in child neurology, such candidates must pass the new computer-administered certification examination.
The ABPN began administering a new-format, computer-administered certification examination beginning in 2008.
The ABPN will be eliminating the Part II neurology and neurology with special qualification in child neurology examinations entirely by February 1, 2013.